| 摘要 |
<p>18 An elevator system, and method of operating same, in which emergency back-up service is provided all floors of a building when normal service is degraded, such as due to a dispatcher malfunction, a communication failure between the elevator cars of a bank of cars and a group supervisory controller or dispatcher, failure of the hall call circuits, and the like. When the emergency service is provided, a different initial block of floors is assigned to each elevator car, and as each elevator car completes a round trip its block of assignments are revised in a rotational manner. Thus, all floors are guaranteed service as long as at least one elevator car is operational.</p> |
